How do People Celebrate Christmas in the UK？

The British like beautiful Christmas music. They like to decorate Christmas trees with Christmas ribbons and ribbon bows and hang evergreen branches. A custom in Britain is pantomime. In the Middle Ages, people made mummers put on masks to perform Christmas dramas. To this day, these plays are still performed in some towns.

The British giver is called Santa. He wore a red or green robe and put gifts in stockings at Christmas. The children hung an empty stocking or pillowcase on the bedside, and they hoped to be filled with gifts the next morning.

Christmas in England began in 596 AD, when St. Augustine took a group of monks to the British coast and wanted to pass Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons.

In the UK, the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day because on this day, children often take clay boxes to collect money, and when the boxes are full, they open the boxes.

Christmas dinner is usually at noon on December 25. The only thing people eat before a big meal is milk polenta. Over the years, recipes have also changed. Eggs, fruits, spices, meat floss and dried plums are added. All the mixture is wrapped in a piece of brie and boiled. This is the beginning of plum pudding.

The traditional Christmas dinner is roasted turkey, vegetables and sauce. As for desserts, it is very rich, with fruity brandy sauce Christmas pudding, chopped pies, and chopped dried fruit for dessert in the restaurant.